Markaðr
Old Norse Dictionary - markaðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "markaðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- markaðr
- m., gen. markaðar, Fb. i. 304, l. 12; spelt marknaðr, Fms. viii. 304 (v. l.), D. n. iii. 229: [not from marka, but like Engl. market, Germ. markt, borrowed from the Lat. merc-s, mercatus; the genuine Norse word for market is torg, q. v.]:—a market; meðan markaðrinn stóð, Fms. i. 185; var þar m. ok kaupstaðr, viii. 304, ix. 219, Fb. i. 204 (of an Engl. market):—metaph., var þeim settr inn sami m., they got the same treatment, Fms. viii. 41; ferr hann til annarrar borgar ok settisk þar um, ok setti þeim þvílíkan markað sem inum fyrrum, x. 237.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚱᚴᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)